Monday, November 1, 2010

I have another freebie - this one for the November Blog Train. The theme for this train is "The Orient." Once again, there are about 100 designers and the freebies are really amazing! My piece contains 3 papers and 5 elements: a frame, a folding screen, a chop stick, a bow and a crab. It is pictured below. (Click on the preview for the download - it will be available until at least 12/13/10).

In case you run into any problems, the home site of the blog train is here.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

I am very excited to be part of the September 2010 Blog Train Fall Carnival! Once again, there are just over 100 participating designers offering some awesome freebies! My contribution is pictured below. It has 3 papers and 5 elements all at 300 ppi. The papers are 12x12 inches. (Cick on the preview to download.)

Here'a a snapshot of where you are with links to the sites before and after mine.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Several of the designers at AMS (myself included!) have gotten together to create a Collab kit called "On the Road Again." While it's obviously a great kit for scrapping summer road-trips and vacations, it's also very versatile and can be used for many different types of layouts. And the best news is that the entire store (including the collab kit) is on sale for 50% off July 1st and 2nd. Be sure to check it out!! Here is a preview of the collab:

And here are some layouts that I created using the collab kit. I also used a template from LissaE Designs for the first one.

Well, it's been a really crazy month, but I finally got another kit finished! It is called A Walk in the Park and it coordinates with my contribution to the Picnic in the Park blog train. It will be available in my store at A Moment In Scrap on Monday, July 5th and will be on sale for 1 week. I will also be offering a free set of quick pages, so check for that also. And here is a preview of the kit:

And now for the blog train and freebie. I am very excited to be part of the Picnic In the Park Blog Train!! This is a huge blog train with just over 100 designers participating, and there are some absolutely amazing freebies!!

The home page for the blog train is HERE. That site contains the complete list of all participants as well as a slide show of the previews.

Here is my part. Click on the preview to go to the download link. (The link will be active at least until August 31st.)

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

I have a free mini-kit called Sweet Memories that I made for the "Gift of Design" contest at DigitalScrapbookingStudio. Per the guidelines, there are 5 papers and 7 elements. I used minimal CU on this kit. The flowers and the ribbon on the tag were extracted from my own photos. The mat backing on the frame was also extracted from one of my scans of an old envelope and then I added the torn edges digitally. The other elements were made from standard preset shapes in PS with various papers, textures and styles added. The papers were made with patterns and overlays that I created. So where's the CU? Well, I used some brushes (by obsidian dawn) and also some online photos to create the the paper overlays and the textures.

Here's the preview. The elements are: 2 flowers, 1 fern, 1 cluster frame, 1 folded paper bird (with and without shadow), 1 tag and 1 staple. If you like it, it is available to download on 4shared. Please go to the DSS gallery here for the link. Sorry - freebie retired. (You can check out and download the other entries while you are there!!)

Hope you like it and thanks for looking!!

UPDATE: If you would like this mini, grab it now as I will be deactivating the link on June 2nd.

Monday, May 10, 2010

I have another free mini kit available in my store at A Moment in Scrap. It was made for the May Color Challenge there. It contains three papers and six elements: a frame, a fern, a stalk, a rope, a flower stamp and a flower. The preview is below.

Here is the store link where you can download. (Sorry - freebie retired)

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know that I am again hosting the Elements Challenge at A Moment in Scrap. This challenge is super-easy. All you need to do is create a layout with whatever element is specified and, in this case, the element is flowers. Just create and post a layout with one or more flower elements in the challenge gallery and post a link in the challenge forum. What could be easier!!?? Participation in any challenge at A Moment in Scrap earns you points toward a store gift certificate. (Check the challenge forum for specifics.) And..... (drum roll, please) as an added bonus for participating in the Element challenge, I am giving everyone the posting bonus previewed below. It is made with the same color palette as the May build-a-collab, For There's No Other, so be sure to check that out too!!

And here is the layout I made for the challenge. I used the kit you will receive as the posting bonus.

This month, in honor of Mother's Day, many of the designers at A Moment in Scrap have gotten together to create a build-a-collab kit. We have created paper packs and element packs that can be mixed together to build the kit of your choice! My contributions are previewed below.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Hi everyone! I am very excited to be part of the Summer Surprises Blog Train!! This is a huge blog train with just over 100 designers participating, and there are some absolutely amazing freebies!!

The home page for the blog train is HERE. That site contains the complete list of all participants as well as a slide show of the previews.

Here is my part. Click on the preview to go to the download link. (The link will be active at least until May 31st.)

And here's a snapshot of where you are:
54. Designs by jmdt: designs by jmdt <<-- you are here
55. Z Pink Boudoir Designs: http://www.zpinkboudoir.info

If you like my part, I have a coordinating kit in my store at A Moment in Scrap. It is on sale until May 15th. And if you are reading this on May 1st, my entire store, including this kit, is 50% off for one day only!!! (click on the preview)

Thursday, April 29, 2010

In celebration of inter-National Scrapbooking Day on May 1st, I have a one day only sale of 50% off all the products in my store at A Moment in Scrap. Many of the other designers there are also running sales and specials. Click on the ad below to check it out!!

I have recently been thinking about removing my old freebie links. The oldest of the kits are now a year old and since then I've learned quite a bit. Even some of the newer ones are probably not up to par with the kits I'm making now quality-wise, since I have only recently purchased some quality control PS actions.

So as I've been thinking about this, I was on my 4shared account today and it turns out that they have reset the download link counter for all of my freebies to zero. Geeze!! Oddly enough, though, the comments are still there! Anyway, I am thinking that maybe this is a sign that it's time to retire those old freebies. I may leave some of the more recent ones around for a while, but slowly they will be coming down. Just wanted to let you all know.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

I just finished a new kit called "At the Beach." The kit is done in shades of pink and blue with some green and cream. It is a beach/lake/summer themed kit with 15 papers and 30 elements. Several of the elements are clusters. The kit is available in my store at A Moment in Scrap. It is on sale for 20% off till May 15th. The preview is below.

I made a free add-on for this kit which will be offered on a blog train starting May 1st, so be sure to check back for that.

I also have a free mini kit available today. It was made for the color challenge at A Moment in Scrap. The mini kit contains 3 papers and 6 elements: 2 double ribbons, 1 frame, 1 flower, 1 pearl and 1 bead scatter. If you like, you can download it for free from my store. Just click on the preview. Sorry - freebie retired.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Well, I finally finished my new kit! It features shades of pink, peach and green. I'm calling it Shades of Spring. It's my largest kit yet with 18 highly textured papers and 46 elements! Check out the preview below:

All papers and elements were created at 300 ppi and are suitable for printing. The kit is available in my store at A Moment in Scrap and is 20% off for the month of April. And as a special bonus, I have also put my WindSong Bundle kit on sale for 20% off for the rest of April.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

I have two things today. First is information about my debut kit WindSong. I wanted to let you know that I have added a WindSong Cluster Element set to my store at A Moment in Scrap. See the preview below:

I have also put together a WindSong Bundle which includes the kit, clusters and bonus set of 2 quickpages. It is on sale for 20% off until March 31.

And the second thing is that I made another free mini kit!! This one is called Irish Eyes and contains 3 papers and 8 elements: 1 frame, 1 curled ribbon, 1 straight ribbon, 1 text block, 1 bead scatter, 1 brad, 1 shamrock and 1 double staple.

If you like it, you can downloaded it from A Moment In Scrap.OR from 4shared. Sorry - freebie retired.

Also, feel free to check out my gallery for layouts made with these kits.

Friday, March 12, 2010

I have huge news -- I am now designing for a store called A Moment in Scrap!! It's a fairly new store and it's off to a great start. The team there is really friendly and the store is already starting to fill up with some great products! It's definitely worth checking out. And that, of course, gets me to the next part of this post -- I have a new page kit for sale in the store!! It's called WindSong and the preview is below. There are 15 papers and 30 elements. It would be great for heritage/vintage pages, but it's also versatile enough for other styles. If you like it, click on the preview to get to the store.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Happy New Year, everyone!! I have a new min-kit available. It was made for the color challenge at Digital Scrapbooking Studio (formerly StoneAccentsStudio).Yes, SAS has changed their name and is in the process of moving servers. Most things are working, but as of the time of this post there were still some issues with the gallery. In any case, this is the mini-kit I made for the color challenge. I went with a vintage theme and decided to call it Grandma's Parlor since some of the papers reminded me of wallpaper in a Victorian parlor. I tried to make elements in keeping with the theme. There are six papers and eight elements: 2 ribbons, 2 frames, 2 flower clusters, a scalloped mat and scatter of hearts. As usual, drop shadows are only on the preview.

Hope you like the kit. Note that the colors coordinate with the kit I made for the SAS color challenge in September, so the two should go together nicely!

Here are the download links:

4shared (Note: There were some problems downloading from 4shared, but I have re-uploaded the zip file, so hopefully it will now download ok. Please let me know if there are still problems.)ORmediafire (Sorry - freebie retired)

Enjoy!!

UPDATE: I am so sorry but I found a problem with the frame elements after the files were uploaded. I have corrected it and re-uploaded the zips.

Welcome!!

Welcome to designs-by-jmdt! This is where you will find my blog freebies as well as occasional posts on digital scrapbooking related topics.

Regarding Freebies:

I have recently made some changes and now post the new freebies I create on skydrive. It is a direct download site without annoying waiting times or severely throttled download speeds. Due in part to limited storage on that site, my freebies are only available for a limited time - anywhere from a week to a month. I try to have at least one freebie available at any given time. In addition, the small mini-kits that I have made for blog trains remain available indefinitely, with older ones being hosted on 4shared. To quickly find the currently available freebies, scroll down to the Labels Menu and click on freebie. Hope this clarifies. Enjoy!

About Me

Hi! I am a married Mom of three. I worked for many years in the computer world - designing, programming, testing and even training. Since my youngest was born, I have been a SAHM. I got bitten by the genealogy bug in 2003 when my daughter needed information on our ancestors for a school project -- and I've been actively researching ever since. Once I accumulated a fair amount of genealogical data, I delved into the world of digital scrapbook design in order to document our family history (both current and past!). In addition to genealogy and scrapbook design, my hobbies include website design and geo-caching.